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ArticlePlant physiology2018

Parental DNA Methylation States Are Associated with Heterosis in Epigenetic Hybrids.

Kathrin Lauss, René Wardenaar, Rurika Oka, Marieke H A van Hulten, Victor Guryev, Joost J B Keurentjes, Maike Stam, Frank Johannes

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Article in Plant physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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8 authors.

Kathrin LaussUniversity of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
René WardenaarUniversity of Groningen, Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
Rurika OkaUniversity of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4107-7250
Marieke H A van HultenWageningen University and Research, Laboratory of Genetics, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Victor GuryevGenome Structure Aging, European Research Institute for the Biology of Aging, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands.
Joost J B KeurentjesWageningen University and Research, Laboratory of Genetics, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8918-0711
Maike StamUniversity of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands m.e.stam@uva.nl frank@johanneslab.org.ORCID 0000-0003-0363-4677
Frank JohannesPopulation Epigenetics and Epigenomics, Department of Plant Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany m.e.stam@uva.nl frank@johanneslab.org.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the importance and wide exploitation of heterosis in commercial crop breeding, the molecular mechanisms behind this phenomenon are not completely understood. Recent studies have implicated changes in DNA methylation and small RNAs in hybrid performance; however, it remains unclear whether epigenetic changes are a cause or a consequence of heterosis. Here, we analyze a large panel of over 500 Arabidopsis (

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Epigenesis, GeneticArabidopsisDNA MethylationGenome, PlantHybridization, GeneticHybrid VigorPhenotypeQuantitative Trait Loci

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PMID29196538
PMCPMC5813580

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